This is such a treasure trove of learning - your learning shared so generously to facilitate our learning. After engaging with your lesson we have new insights into composition - fugue and counterpoint, situated in historical context, including Bach’s and his family’s. You open our eyes to Bach’s intentions as to performance. And throughout convey such enthusiasm for wonderful, sophisticated music.
Hello Stephen, thank you for your beautiful and generous comment! I always enjoy hearing from you and reading your eloquent and thoughtful words. It means so much to me that you appreciate the historical and musical details I put into the lesson, and the style of the presentation as well. :-) I love this music and doing the necessary research and preparation that goes into each lesson, performance, and chart. Thank you for letting me know that the video helped to bring forward the amazing mind and life of Bach and his genius. With best wishes and blessings to you!
Hello Tzvi, thank you for your generous and much appreciated words! It is a pleasure to hear from you, and I wish you continuing joy with your wonderful playing!
Thank you Sally for the fascinating journey into this piece. I totally missed so many aspects of it when I played it years ago such as the circle of 5ths! I always appreciate the color structural analysis that goes in the package. I’ve found it invaluable in learning pieces. Your hard work is greatly appreciated Gina
Hi Gina! Thank you so much for your wonderful and very appreciated words! I'm so happy to hear that the lesson brought forward some details that you had not previously known. I was fascinated when I realized that this invention was a Fugue, and with all of the imagination that went into this compact 22 measure piece. You are right that the charts, and especially the Color Structural Analysis, involve much hard work. I am grateful to hear that these labors of love are so helpful in learning the piece! You are a kind and generous person, and this is reflected in your own playing and teaching. 🎹💕
Hello Lluís, thank you so much for your kind words about the playing and the lesson. You are welcome, it is my pleasure. Making this lesson and chart package was a labor of love, and your acknowledgements are most appreciated! All best wishes to you.
Hello Lucy, thank you for your beautiful and generous words! I'm delighted to know you are learning so much from the tutorials, and I really appreciate your enthusiasm and support. 💓 You are welcome, it is my joy and pleasure to make these lessons and charts. With all best wishes to you!
Hello MooseheadStudios, oh how much I appreciate your wonderful words! I am a Bach and Gould fan as well, and this is a very high compliment! 🎶 Thank you so much, and all best wishes to you. :-)
Dear Sally, SO WONDERFUL AS ALWAYS!!!!! Thank you for my favourite Bach and for an excellent performance, temporarily I've heard your great rendition, tomorrow I will watch your tutorial (I have to turn on the subtitles), again my best wishes from Poland to San Francisco, have a nice relaxing weekend. Joanna
Hello Joanna, thank you so much for your enthusiastic words about the performance! I hope the lesson translation with Polish subtitles will make sense, and that the analysis will be helpful for you. :-) Wishing you the very best from San Francisco to Poland! Have a nice weekend as well.
@@SallyChristianMusic Dear Sally, my new comment-without your answer, Can you read this comment? As always my best wishes from Poland to San Francisco! Joanna
Dear Lady Sally. Thank you very much for the beautiful performance of this piece. I love Bach. So far I managed to play Invention No. 1, and now I'm starting No. 13. Thank you again. Yours sincerely 😁🥀
Hello Robert, Lady Sally lives in San Francisco (it's the nighttime now in this city), good luck in your Bach's practice, as always my best wishes, have a nice weekend! Joanna
Hello Robert, thank you for your wonderful comment about this performance! I'm so glad you are loving Bach, and are learning some of his inventions! I find these pieces to have unending interest, joy, and genius! With very best wishes to you and with your playing! 🎶
Уважаемая Леди !!!!Я Восхищен Вашим простым и понятным для нас простых музыкантов за Ваш разбор и анализ таких сложных композиций как инвенции баха. За три дня только две инвенции 13 и 15 смог понять их по ближе .Очень круто!!!Я Вам желаю бесконечного здоровья и терпения в Вашем не легком труде.Была бы возможность поставил бы милион лайков
Hello Sally, I've been playing inventions for over 10yrs and really couldn't finish it. I finally got through all 15 inventions by your help! Thank you so much for sharing!🙂
Hello Taekkkeun, thank you so much for your kind and meaningful words! You are welcome, it is my pleasure. It was a labor of love for me to complete the teaching videos and charts for all 15 Two-Part Inventions. I really appreciate hearing that these lessons are helping you to learn and finish all the inventions! Very best wishes to you and with your playing. 🎵
Hello Joe, thank you so much for your very appreciated words! I will definitely consider the Little Preludes and Fughettas for future video lessons! Best wishes to you.
Thank you for your comment and request for the Bach C minor Fugue, WTC I. You are right, the first four notes and rhythms of the subjects for these two pieces are identical! I would love to make a chart and tutorial for the C minor Prelude & Fugue. I've added this to my queue of requests and hope to start it after finishing a large backlog of on-going projects. The charts and tutorials are labors of love and take a great deal of time, practicing, and thinking to make. No two are alike. As I remind myself: "Everything in right time!" Best wishes to you. 🎶
Quite wonderful Sally, thank you. It's funny, really, that an awful lot of people don't really know that Bach's music is really all about "dance". They tend to think him inaccessible and "serious".
Hello AntPDC, thank you for your warm and generous words! You are right that so much of Bach's music is dance music. The Partitas and the English and French Suites are comprised of different types of dances. In the Goldberg Variations, every third variation is also a dance movement. Best wishes to you, with your music, and your photography. :-)
@@SallyChristianMusic And indeed Bach's magnum opus: The Well-Tempered Clavier - even his B minor Mass. You are highly under-appreciated in this realm if I may say so Sally. But do know that your artistry and didacticism is thoroughly appreciated - especially by dilettantes like me! Best wishes, Anthony.
@@AntPDC Thank you so much, Anthony! Yes, the Well-Tempered Clavier for sure! Your beautiful words about my work mean a great deal to me. I derive much joy from studying and immersing myself in Bach's magnificent music. No matter what our level, playing this music is both elevating and transforming! 🎶
@@SallyChristianMusic that's a bit ambitious! I just bought a new Roland digital piano as I can neither afford nor fit an accoustic. I think when I have my own place, I will save for a Kawai GL30 baby grand. Thanks for the inspiration! 💜
@@Joshua-dc1bs Hello Joshua, your plan to ultimately get a Kawai GL baby grand is awesome! Keep saving and visualizing this and one day it will be a reality! I had a Roland digital piano for years and did many hours of productive practicing on it. I'm pulling for you. 🎹
It's too staccato in my opinion... And the last note in a mordent should be a bit longer than the first 2 notes (Like let's say there's a mordent on a quarter note it should be played as two 16th notes and an 8th note) Thats just my opinion tho, afterall the beauty of music is that everyone has a different view/approach to it
I'd agree - a bit too stabby, subjectively. Still, Bach didn't give us much in terms of his score annotations, as Lenny Bernstein is fond of pointing out.
I'll agree - but I think it's may be being played in that style on the wrong type of keyboard - perhaps more preferably played this way on a harpsichord or a more zingy-sounding* piano.
Sally, your series of videos on Bach's inventions are really the best on the internet. Thank you so much for producing them. Do you recommend an order to learning the inventions? I have learned #8 in F major and #14 in Bb major. Even these 'simpler' keys modulate into other keys, so I am wondering what you think about that. Did Bach intend for them to be learned in numerical order?
Hello Las Vegas Guitar / Mark, thank you so much for your very kind and generous words! I'm so glad you are enjoying these videos on the Bach Inventions! In the recent lessons I gave for Inventions No. 7 and No. 15, I talk about the order that the inventions were arranged for the first version of 1720, The Clavier Büchlein, and the subsequent official Autograph of 1723. It is thought that the order of the 1720 version is the order Bach intended for them to be learned: C Major, D minor, E minor, F Major, G Major, A minor, B minor, Bb Major, A Major, G minor, F minor, E Major, Eb Major, D Major, and C minor. All of the inventions modulate to different keys. When I teach these, I usually have a student start with the C Major, the D minor, and the F Major. I find that the Eb Major and the Bb Major are more technically challenging to play cleanly and evenly and would not recommend starting with these. It’s wonderful that you are working on a few of these amazing inventions, and I encourage you to learn a few more in the coming years. My approach is always to learn the pieces that one really resonates with. All best wishes to you and with your music! 🎶
@@SallyChristianMusic Thank you so much for explaining! I should have watched to the end of the video before asking- that's RUclips comment rule number 1. :) -Mark
Yes! Bach never fails.
Yes, absolutely! 🎉
This is such a treasure trove of learning - your learning shared so generously to facilitate our learning. After engaging with your lesson we have new insights into composition - fugue and counterpoint, situated in historical context, including Bach’s and his family’s. You open our eyes to Bach’s intentions as to performance. And throughout convey such enthusiasm for wonderful, sophisticated music.
Hello Stephen, thank you for your beautiful and generous comment! I always enjoy hearing from you and reading your eloquent and thoughtful words. It means so much to me that you appreciate the historical and musical details I put into the lesson, and the style of the presentation as well. :-) I love this music and doing the necessary research and preparation that goes into each lesson, performance, and chart. Thank you for letting me know that the video helped to bring forward the amazing mind and life of Bach and his genius. With best wishes and blessings to you!
Great performance of this Invention, Sally. Well done!
Hello Tzvi, thank you for your generous and much appreciated words! It is a pleasure to hear from you, and I wish you continuing joy with your wonderful playing!
Loved hearing this again!
Hello Bradley, thank you so much! I love this piece too, and am glad you enjoyed hearing it again! Best wishes to you.
Thank you Sally for the fascinating journey into this piece. I totally missed so many aspects of it when I played it years ago such as the circle of 5ths!
I always appreciate the color structural analysis that goes in the package. I’ve found it invaluable in learning pieces.
Your hard work is greatly appreciated
Gina
Hi Gina! Thank you so much for your wonderful and very appreciated words! I'm so happy to hear that the lesson brought forward some details that you had not previously known. I was fascinated when I realized that this invention was a Fugue, and with all of the imagination that went into this compact 22 measure piece. You are right that the charts, and especially the Color Structural Analysis, involve much hard work. I am grateful to hear that these labors of love are so helpful in learning the piece! You are a kind and generous person, and this is reflected in your own playing and teaching. 🎹💕
Well played. Great job and tutorial 🎹 Thanks for sharing
Hello Lluís, thank you so much for your kind words about the playing and the lesson. You are welcome, it is my pleasure. Making this lesson and chart package was a labor of love, and your acknowledgements are most appreciated! All best wishes to you.
Very interesting interpretation 🤔
You are treasure to listen to!! I always learn so much! Thank you!
Hello Lucy, thank you for your beautiful and generous words! I'm delighted to know you are learning so much from the tutorials, and I really appreciate your enthusiasm and support. 💓 You are welcome, it is my joy and pleasure to make these lessons and charts. With all best wishes to you!
As a Bach and Gould fan your touch is fantastic.
Hello MooseheadStudios, oh how much I appreciate your wonderful words! I am a Bach and Gould fan as well, and this is a very high compliment! 🎶 Thank you so much, and all best wishes to you. :-)
Dear Sally, SO WONDERFUL AS ALWAYS!!!!! Thank you for my favourite Bach and for an excellent performance, temporarily I've heard your great rendition, tomorrow I will watch your tutorial (I have to turn on the subtitles), again my best wishes from Poland to San Francisco, have a nice relaxing weekend. Joanna
Hello Joanna, thank you so much for your enthusiastic words about the performance! I hope the lesson translation with Polish subtitles will make sense, and that the analysis will be helpful for you. :-) Wishing you the very best from San Francisco to Poland! Have a nice weekend as well.
Hello Joanna 😁. Have a nice day 🥀
@@robertdepiano Hello Robert, have a nice relaxing weekend! Joanna
@@joannawronska4100 Thank you 😁🥀
@@SallyChristianMusic Dear Sally, my new comment-without your answer, Can you read this comment? As always my best wishes from Poland to San Francisco! Joanna
Good tutorial!!!! Thank you very much!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️.
Hello 128 Titanic, thank you so much for your kind words! You are welcome, it is my pleasure. 💖Best wishes to you. 🎵
Dear Lady Sally. Thank you very much for the beautiful performance of this piece. I love Bach. So far I managed to play Invention No. 1, and now I'm starting No. 13. Thank you again. Yours sincerely 😁🥀
Hello Robert, Lady Sally lives in San Francisco (it's the nighttime now in this city), good luck in your Bach's practice, as always my best wishes, have a nice weekend! Joanna
@@joannawronska4100 Thank you my piano friend 🥀😁
Hello Robert, thank you for your wonderful comment about this performance! I'm so glad you are loving Bach, and are learning some of his inventions! I find these pieces to have unending interest, joy, and genius! With very best wishes to you and with your playing! 🎶
@@SallyChristianMusic Thank you Lady Sally 🥀😁
Уважаемая Леди !!!!Я Восхищен Вашим простым и понятным для нас простых музыкантов за Ваш разбор и анализ таких сложных композиций как инвенции баха. За три дня только две инвенции 13 и 15 смог понять их по ближе .Очень круто!!!Я Вам желаю бесконечного здоровья и терпения в Вашем не легком труде.Была бы возможность поставил бы милион лайков
Hello Sally,
I've been playing inventions for over 10yrs and really couldn't finish it. I finally got through all 15 inventions by your help! Thank you so much for sharing!🙂
Hello Taekkkeun, thank you so much for your kind and meaningful words! You are welcome, it is my pleasure. It was a labor of love for me to complete the teaching videos and charts for all 15 Two-Part Inventions. I really appreciate hearing that these lessons are helping you to learn and finish all the inventions! Very best wishes to you and with your playing. 🎵
Inspiring as always.
Would love to see your interpretations with a couple of the complex Little Preludes and Fughettas.
Hello Joe, thank you so much for your very appreciated words! I will definitely consider the Little Preludes and Fughettas for future video lessons! Best wishes to you.
reminds me of the fugue two book one subject i hope u can help me with that one too ❤
Thank you for your comment and request for the Bach C minor Fugue, WTC I. You are right, the first four notes and rhythms of the subjects for these two pieces are identical! I would love to make a chart and tutorial for the C minor Prelude & Fugue. I've added this to my queue of requests and hope to start it after finishing a large backlog of on-going projects. The charts and tutorials are labors of love and take a great deal of time, practicing, and thinking to make. No two are alike. As I remind myself: "Everything in right time!" Best wishes to you. 🎶
Quite wonderful Sally, thank you. It's funny, really, that an awful lot of people don't really know that Bach's music is really all about "dance". They tend to think him inaccessible and "serious".
Hello AntPDC, thank you for your warm and generous words! You are right that so much of Bach's music is dance music. The Partitas and the English and French Suites are comprised of different types of dances. In the Goldberg Variations, every third variation is also a dance movement. Best wishes to you, with your music, and your photography. :-)
@@SallyChristianMusic And indeed Bach's magnum opus: The Well-Tempered Clavier - even his B minor Mass. You are highly under-appreciated in this realm if I may say so Sally. But do know that your artistry and didacticism is thoroughly appreciated - especially by dilettantes like me! Best wishes, Anthony.
@@AntPDC Thank you so much, Anthony! Yes, the Well-Tempered Clavier for sure! Your beautiful words about my work mean a great deal to me. I derive much joy from studying and immersing myself in Bach's magnificent music. No matter what our level, playing this music is both elevating and transforming! 🎶
Another wonderful video, Sally! I hope one day I can have a Bösendorfer in my living room, too!! 💚
Hello Joshua, thank you for your warm and appreciated words! I also hope you will have a Bösendorfer in your home one day! 🎹
@@SallyChristianMusic that's a bit ambitious! I just bought a new Roland digital piano as I can neither afford nor fit an accoustic.
I think when I have my own place, I will save for a Kawai GL30 baby grand.
Thanks for the inspiration! 💜
@@Joshua-dc1bs Hello Joshua, your plan to ultimately get a Kawai GL baby grand is awesome! Keep saving and visualizing this and one day it will be a reality! I had a Roland digital piano for years and did many hours of productive practicing on it.
I'm pulling for you. 🎹
@@SallyChristianMusic Thank you for your inspiration!! 😬❤️
@@Joshua-dc1bs You are welcome! 🎶
It's too staccato in my opinion...
And the last note in a mordent should be a bit longer than the first 2 notes
(Like let's say there's a mordent on a quarter note it should be played as two 16th notes and an 8th note)
Thats just my opinion tho, afterall the beauty of music is that everyone has a different view/approach to it
Im talking about your interpretation in the beginning
I'd agree - a bit too stabby, subjectively. Still, Bach didn't give us much in terms of his score annotations, as Lenny Bernstein is fond of pointing out.
I'll agree - but I think it's may be being played in that style on the wrong type of keyboard - perhaps more preferably played this way on a harpsichord or a more zingy-sounding* piano.
Sally, your series of videos on Bach's inventions are really the best on the internet. Thank you so much for producing them. Do you recommend an order to learning the inventions? I have learned #8 in F major and #14 in Bb major. Even these 'simpler' keys modulate into other keys, so I am wondering what you think about that. Did Bach intend for them to be learned in numerical order?
Hello Las Vegas Guitar / Mark, thank you so much for your very kind and generous words! I'm so glad you are enjoying these videos on the Bach Inventions! In the recent lessons I gave for Inventions No. 7 and No. 15, I talk about the order that the inventions were arranged for the first version of 1720, The Clavier Büchlein, and the subsequent official Autograph of 1723. It is thought that the order of the 1720 version is the order Bach intended for them to be learned: C Major, D minor, E minor, F Major, G Major, A minor, B minor, Bb Major, A Major, G minor, F minor, E Major, Eb Major, D Major, and C minor. All of the inventions modulate to different keys. When I teach these, I usually have a student start with the C Major, the D minor, and the F Major. I find that the Eb Major and the Bb Major are more technically challenging to play cleanly and evenly and would not recommend starting with these. It’s wonderful that you are working on a few of these amazing inventions, and I encourage you to learn a few more in the coming years. My approach is always to learn the pieces that one really resonates with. All best wishes to you and with your music! 🎶
@@SallyChristianMusic Thank you so much for explaining! I should have watched to the end of the video before asking- that's RUclips comment rule number 1. :) -Mark
@@LasVegasGuitarStudio Hi Mark, thank you, you're welcome, ... no worries! 🎶